cRunning head: ELDER INTERVIEW Elder Interview Jorge Fernandez Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing NURS 3313 – Care of the Healthy Aging Adult Elder Interview General Appearance Normal Signs of Aging Mrs. L is a 64 year old female Caucasian who lives in West Texas. Her hair is naturally gray‚ but she dyes it‚ and appears thin and evenly distributed on her head. There are no signs of baldness but her hair is thinning. Tabloski (2006) states “the hair of a older person
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Psychological Abuse Presented by Psyche Cheung Celia Chan Jason Chan Kris Lee Monday‚ 21 January‚ 13 Abuse harmful‚ injurious‚ or offensive excessive and wrongful misuse of anything Definition • • Psychological Abuse caused by emotional abuse / mental abuse / physical abuse behavior that may result in psychological trauma eg anxiety / chronic depression / post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) happened in the situations of power imbalance abusive relationships / bullying / child abuse / abuse
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Dealing with Dementia in the Elderly Danaya Gilchrist Touro College of Applied Studies General Survey of Mental Health (GHU 140) Professor Wyatt April 29th‚ 2014 Abstract Dementia is a scary disease for the elderly to deal with it. It changes their lives and who they are. Dementia affects the daily living activities of people who are dealing with it; a person who is living with dementia can no longer do anything for themselves or live their lives the way that they want to. Family members
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An old speak says if you do not have an elderly person beside you‚ you should buy one. When I was a child‚ I remember how my mom used to wash me‚ brash my hair‚ feed me‚ take care of me with so much love. What should I give her in reverse? A lonely place in an impersonal room on a shelter? Or a warm and full of love room in my home? People should learn to help‚ take care and protect someone in need. It is said that the kids do what they see their parents do. The treatment I apply to my parents‚ the
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Beginning with the earliest settlers at Jamestown and continuing throughout the colonial period‚ the colonies were a land of rapid growth and change. The British policy of salutary neglect influenced the development of colonial society. This will be shown through developments in colonial legislative assemblies‚ commerce‚ and religion. Britain’s lack of involvement in the colonies due to various events led the colonies towards developing self-governments. The colonies’ independent streak involving
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Child Abuse and Neglect: Causes and Definitions Abstract Sadly‚ children have been abused and mistreated throughout history and child abuse unfortunately still exists‚ with figures showing 198‚355 reports of suspected cases of child abuse and neglect made to authorities in 2002-2003 alone (Healey‚ 2006). As we understand more about human development we have learnt that what happens in our childhood has an enormous impact on our adult
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Parole for the Elderly Students Name CJHS/430 Date Instructor Solitary confinement of prisoners exists under a scope of names: confinement‚ control units‚ supermaxim jails‚ the gap‚ regulatory isolation‚ greatest security‚ or changeless lockdown. Detainees can be sent to any of these units for many reasons: for disciplinary reasons even though while they are under scrutiny; as a component for conduct change‚ when associated with posse contribution; as reprisal for political activism;
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She also reviewed research on child neglect‚ parental substance abuse‚ and domestic violence. Mandated Reporting As a social work intern‚ the case manager is a mandated reporter. Most states in the United States have designated mandated reporters in professions that are likely to work with or come in contact with children in their profession (Mathews & Kenny‚ 2008). These professionals have the training and knowledge of how to detect child abuse and neglect. By law‚ they are required
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defenseless children are being robbed of their childhood innocence and happiness and are being forced to face the cruel reality of our world at far too young an age. These Children are victims of neglect and abuse‚ primarily caused by family members or people they are close to. Child neglect is the most common form of abuse‚ and is therefore the main subject that will be covered in this essay. This disturbing and extremely common‚ yet rarely talked about topic effects at least one out of every 10 children
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five children die every day due to abuse. A broad definition for child abuse is defined by‚ “purposeful and serious injury inflicted upon a child by a caregiver” (Child Welfare Information Gateway). This in turn is broken down into four categories: neglect‚ physical‚ sexual‚ and emotional about. The abuse that is most frequent is child neglect. Neglect is different from abuse‚ as it is a failure to provide the basic needs of a child. It is considered neglect if the child lacks shelter‚ safety‚
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